English Dictionary: Extraterritoriality | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Extraterritoriality \Ex`tra*ter`ri*to`ri*al"i*ty\, n. The state of being beyond the limits of a particular territory; esp. (Internat. Law), A fiction by which a public minister, though actually in a foreign country, is supposed still to remain within the territory of his own sovereign or nation. --Wheaton. |